Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Tuesday issued a proclamation on Tuesday designating both the Muslim Brotherhood and the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) as “foreign terrorist organizations” and “transnational criminal organizations” under Texas law. The executive action invokes authority under the Texas Penal Code and Texas Property Code, subjecting both organizations to heightened criminal penalties [...]

President Donald Trump signed the Epstein Files Transparency Act into law Wednesday, one day after the Senate passed the legislation by unanimous consent, requiring the Department of Justice to publicly release all unclassified records related to Jeffrey Epstein within 30 days. The House on Tuesday had voted 427 to 1 to pass the bill. Hours [...]

A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the social technology company Meta does not hold a monopoly in the “personal social networking” (PSN) market, in the antitrust case Federal Trade Commission v. Meta Platforms, Inc. Meta will therefore not have to divest its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp. Chief Judge James E. Boasberg of the US [...]

A federal court ruled Tuesday that Texas’s new congressional map, which created five additional seats for Republicans, is illegal on the basis of racial gerrymandering. The US District Court for the Western District of Texas found that the Texas legislature’s intent in redrawing the congressional map was predominantly based on race. According to the court, [...]

A Tennessee court on Thursday granted a temporary injunction restraining state officials from continuing the deployment of Tennessee National Guard personnel to Memphis. A group of Shelby County and Memphis officials brought the case, arguing that the deployment violates Tennessee’s Military Code by bypassing the statutory conditions required for activating state militia forces. The deployment [...]

A New York federal judge on Monday rejected a bid by the administration of President Donald Trump to strike down a law prohibiting immigration enforcement from making arrests at or surrounding state courthouses. “My office will continue fighting to defend the dignity and rights of immigrant communities throughout New York,” stated New York Attorney General [...]

The US Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear Noem v. Al Otro Lado, a case reviewing a policy used by past administrations to deny immigrants a chance to apply for asylum on the Mexican border until space opened to process claims. US President Donald Trump’s administration is appealing a decision made by the US Court [...]

A federal judge on Monday ordered prosecutors to disclose grand jury materials to former FBI director James Comey’s defense team, citing “profound investigative missteps” that may have tainted his indictment. US Magistrate Judge William E. Fitzpatrick ruled that Comey’s attorneys presented sufficient evidence of potential government misconduct to warrant the extraordinary disclosure. Comey was indicted [...]

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Saturday announced that a surge of immigration enforcement has begun in Charlotte, North Carolina, targeting “criminal illegal aliens” protected by “sanctuary politicians.” DHS noted in its statement that North Carolina authorities did not honor around 1,400 Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) “detainers,” which are requests to hold [...]

Democratic lawmaker Rashida Tlaib on Friday introduced a resolution in the US Congress to recognize Israel’s assault on Gaza as a genocide. This resolution, if passed, would officially recognize that the Israeli government has committed the crime of genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza. Co-sponsored by 21 Democratic lawmakers, Resolution H.RES. 876 urges the [...]